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jim acosta's in denver. president obama's expected to land in denver this hour. and his campaign's still trying to spin some predebate expectations. but a new memo shows how the president intends to go after mitt romney. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is watching the president. she's in denver as well. what's going on from your vantage point, jessica? >> reporter: hi, wolf. you know, this is a tricky balancing act for a sitting president, but the campaign has lready signalled that the getting aggressive when it comes to one thing, pressing for details. the obama campaign's latest expectations game questioning whether romney will share enough specifics about his policy proposals. >> his details have been lacking throughout the course of the romney campaign. >> reporter: and preparing voters for the prident to use every opportunity to press for them. >> the romney camp has made clear they plan to fact check the president during the debate. that's what mitt romney plans to do. how does the president counter that? >> you know, if mitt romney attac
jim acosta's in denver. president obama's expected to land in denver this hour. and his campaign's still trying to spin some predebate expectations. but a new memo shows how the president intends to go after mitt romney. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is watching the president. she's in denver as well. what's going on from your vantage point, jessica? >> reporter: hi, wolf. you know, this is a tricky balancing act for a sitting president, but the campaign has lready...
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jim is joining us live from littleton, colorado. what's the latest on this particular score, jim? >> reporter: well, wolf, i can tell you right now that ann romney is about to take the stage behind me. she's going to be holding an event here in littleton, colorado, in a few moments from now. she's been one of this campaign's most effective surrogates and been very busy doing just that while her husband, mitt romney, has been doing debate preparations just a short distance away in denver. it will be fascinating, wolf, to watch the body language between mitt romney and president obama tomorrow night when they meet face-to-face as the obama campaign revealed to cnn, the two men have only met a few times in the past. flash back to 2008 and there they are. then-senator barack obama and mitt romney sharing a few moments on stage after back-to-back democratic and republican presidential debates in new hampshire. they also ran into each other at a labor day parade in 2007. a campaign source cataloging the meetings tells cnn these are just two of the three times the candidates have ever se
jim is joining us live from littleton, colorado. what's the latest on this particular score, jim? >> reporter: well, wolf, i can tell you right now that ann romney is about to take the stage behind me. she's going to be holding an event here in littleton, colorado, in a few moments from now. she's been one of this campaign's most effective surrogates and been very busy doing just that while her husband, mitt romney, has been doing debate preparations just a short distance away in denver....
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day go, jim? >> the news came just as the romney campaign felt the election was shifting in it's direction based on the debate performance. i talked to a romney advisor that said they are still focused on the economy, even if one of their favorite lines of attack is now "out of a job." >> campaigning in virginia coal country, mitt romney tried to dig through the latest jobs numbs to make the case president obama has not hit pay dirt just yet. >> there were fewer new jobs created this month than last month, and the unemployment rate as you noted has come down very, very slowly. the reason it's come down is primarily due to the fact that more and more people have just stopped looking for work. >> still, one of romney's key metices went up in smoke one the nation's unemployment rate dealershiped bel dipped below 8%. >> unemployment of 8% month after month after month. >> it's a political bar romney has repeatedly used for months. >> we had 43 straight months with unemployment above 8%. if i'm preside
day go, jim? >> the news came just as the romney campaign felt the election was shifting in it's direction based on the debate performance. i talked to a romney advisor that said they are still focused on the economy, even if one of their favorite lines of attack is now "out of a job." >> campaigning in virginia coal country, mitt romney tried to dig through the latest jobs numbs to make the case president obama has not hit pay dirt just yet. >> there were fewer new...
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hey, there, jim. >> hi, kate, yes. you can tell that the romney campaign is in the mood to celebrate. this rally that they're about to have in virginia is starting to sound like a party. trace adkins the country music star will be out on stage to warm up this crowd for the gop ticket. but today was really the debate after the debate. i don't remember why mitt romney did so well against president obama, but whether or not the gop nominee's words were accurate. mitt romney took his victory lap after the first presidential debate receiving a sustained standing ovation during a surprise visit to a conference of conservatives in denver. >> i saw the president's vision as trickle down government. and i don't think that's what america believes in. i see, instead, a prosperity that comes through freedom. >> reporter: it didn't take long after the debate was finished for the romney campaign to turn the spin room into the win room. are you declaring victory? >> jim, if this was a boxing match, the referee would have called it. >
hey, there, jim. >> hi, kate, yes. you can tell that the romney campaign is in the mood to celebrate. this rally that they're about to have in virginia is starting to sound like a party. trace adkins the country music star will be out on stage to warm up this crowd for the gop ticket. but today was really the debate after the debate. i don't remember why mitt romney did so well against president obama, but whether or not the gop nominee's words were accurate. mitt romney took his victory...
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jim's joining us right now. what's he saying? what's going on in pennsylvania, jim? >> reporter: wolf, you're right. mitt romney did predict he's going to win the state of pennsylvania come november. but even though his campaign has mainly been a focus on fixing the nation's economy, mitt romney in recent days has been stepping up his attacks on the president on the issue of national security. and specifically lately on who's a better friend of israel. and there are signs the obama campaign is paying attention. at a military academy in pennsylvania, mitt romney tried to make the case for a new commander in chief. romney once again questioned the president's recent description of events in the middle east as bumps in the road. >> i sure as heck don't consider iran becoming nuclear a bump in the road. we need someone who recognizes the seriousness of what's ahead and is willing to lead. >> reporter: romney's tough talk on iran follows israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's drawing attention at the united nations to the nuclear worries. >> a red line should be draw
jim's joining us right now. what's he saying? what's going on in pennsylvania, jim? >> reporter: wolf, you're right. mitt romney did predict he's going to win the state of pennsylvania come november. but even though his campaign has mainly been a focus on fixing the nation's economy, mitt romney in recent days has been stepping up his attacks on the president on the issue of national security. and specifically lately on who's a better friend of israel. and there are signs the obama...
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our national political correspondent jim acosta is traveling with him. jim? >> reporter: wolf, it is a pre-debate tradition. managing expectation just in case their candidate has an off night wednesday and both sides have another thing in common. they think media might be pulling for the other guy. >> governor, are you ready? >> ready for the debate? >> yes. i'm there. >> reporter: after a weekend of debate preparations, mitt romney was careful to avoid questions about his first matchup with president obama. but on a conference call with reporters, a top adviser revealed there's one subject romney is ready for. >> not to worry -- >> reporter: the comments that were caught on tape on the 47% of voters he said were dependent on government. >> we wouldn't be surprised, obviously, if that came up at the debate, and the governor's prepared obviously to respond to that. >> reporter: after lowering expectations for days, the romney campaign sent new jersey governor chris christie out on the sunday talk show circuit where he made a surprising prediction. the gop nomi
our national political correspondent jim acosta is traveling with him. jim? >> reporter: wolf, it is a pre-debate tradition. managing expectation just in case their candidate has an off night wednesday and both sides have another thing in common. they think media might be pulling for the other guy. >> governor, are you ready? >> ready for the debate? >> yes. i'm there. >> reporter: after a weekend of debate preparations, mitt romney was careful to avoid questions...